Threatening to increase their Nuclear Capacity and china is also expanding its nuclear arsenal. Other countries with Nuclear Ambitions such as north korea. The question this week is the new arms race a more dangerous world . To discuss that question, i am joined in the studio by constanze stelzenmuller, who is an expert on Security Issues with the Brookings Institute in washington. She says the world has become a more dangerous in the last 12 months. Problems with effective arms only one of several reasons. Also with us is malte lehming, an editor with der tagesspiegel. He argues that none of the great powers profit from any kind of military escalation. The world is getting very unpredictable but not necessarily more dangerous. And a warm welcome also to xanthe hall from the german section of the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons weapons, widely known as ican. She says since the adoption of a nuclear ban by the united nations, she is optimistic that Nuclear Weapons will
Look out for unusual green and yellow markings. Who will want to know. There is a wonderful, magical place on exmoor known as snowdrop valley, when the snowdrops are out it is sensational. Though im not sure its particularly a place i would want to go over the next few days you mentioned it. Spring will be on hold next week. I urge you, if you wa nt to hold next week. I urge you, if you want to admire snowdrops, do it in the short term the system is the short term while the system is benign. A settled weekend in prospect. The temperatures for today, four, five, 6 degrees. Fine and dry weather. Under the clear skies the temperatures will dip away overnight, a chilly start. A benign weekend in store for most parts, a bit of cloud of the north sea for the eastern coastal counties across the eastern coastal counties across the northern half of the british isles. Maybe losing a degree in those temperatures on sunday, you will lose a lot more than that on monday. It doesnt look that differen
Snow covered mountain in scotland. So weve been digging for a couple of hours now and the camera is finally starting to completely freeze over, and i am also freezing. Theres tips on the best place to honeymoon. And im enjoying my own company at a new Korean Restaurant for solo diners here in seoul. That was really bad chopstick etiquette first up this week, were in the Cairngorms National park in the heart of the scottish highlands. The frozen landscape is beautiful at this time of year, but conditions can be brutal. And recently, a number of hikers have found themselves in trouble there after reaching higher terrain. The advice is never to attempt this on your own in bad weather conditions without an experienced mountaineer, so we sentjo whalley on an overnight tour with a guided group to learn some winter survival skills. This is the snowiest place in the uk. Over 1700 square miles of glistening icecapped peaks. The snow makes it a popular spot for winter sports, but at this time of
So you can see how deep and cold that air is. So for the middle of next week onwards, the wind chill becomes quite severe, we could have disruptive snow, of course, before then. Bitter winds. Yes, there will be sunshine, still best in the west, but the warnings are there are on our website. This is bbc news. The headlines the Un Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for a 30 day humanitarian ceasefire across syria. It follows a week of intense bombardment of the rebel held enclave of Eastern Ghouta in the suburbs of damascus. The truce would allow for aid and medical evacuations. Parents who fear their daughters have been abducted by boko haram jihadists in nigeria have released a list of more than a hundred names. Up to now, it hadnt been clear how many girls were missing following the attack on a boarding school. President Muhammadu Buhari has called it a national disaster. Democrats in the Us House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that counters prev
Frost for many days most of the ground is pretty frozen in some areas. Tomorrow the snow will settle in areas in the eastern part of the country and some snow will come inland but tuesday is not a bad day, still bright and cold for many. Not used it, this is monday. On tuesday we have an amber warning for some central parts of the uk and there is more disruptive snow on the way for the rest of the week, so it will be a rough week of whether for some of us. This is bbc news, our latest headlines a shift of policy on europe by labour shadow brexit secretary sir kier starmer confirms the party would keep britain in a Customs Union. Syrian warplanes are reported to have attacked the besieged rebel area of Eastern Ghouta despite the Un Security Council voting unanimously for a ceasefire. One of bollywoods most famous actresses, sridevi kapoor, who starred in around 300 films has died suddenly at the age of 5a. Now its time for the travel show. Coming up on this weeks show. We dig in for the